Abstract
In May 2015, voters in seven Italian regions went to the polls to elect new regional councils and governments. The final election result was apparently similar to that of 2010: centre-left coalitions won in five out of seven regions, as in the previous election, leaving the remaining two to the centre-right. Yet behind this picture of stability, dramatic changes have occurred in the internal composition of regional coalitions, cross-party equilibriums and levels of participation. Generally, regional party-based democracy seems to be experiencing increasing fragmentation and a crisis of representation and legitimacy.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 365-378 |
| Journal | Regional and federal studies |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue number | 4 |
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| Publication status | E-pub ahead of print - 14 Aug 2015 |
Bibliographical note
© 2015 Informa UK Limited, publishing as Taylor & Francis. This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Regional & Federal Studies on 14/8/2015, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/13597566.2015.1074073Keywords
- Italy
- regional election
- party politics
- electoral participation
- subnational democracy